TELEHEALTH THE GREAT EQUALIZER

ROBLER, SAMANTHA KLEINDIENST
KOKESH, JOHN
EMMETT, SUSAN D.
HOFSTETTER, PHILIP

Samantha Kleindienst Robler, AuD, PhD, is the director of audiology at Norton Sound Health Corporation in remote Northwest Alaska.
John Kokesh, MD, is in practice at the Alaska Center for ENT clinic in Anchorage, Alaska.
Susan D. Emmett, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of surgery and global health at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), an otolaryngologist and public health expert who develops evidence-based solutions to address preventable hearing loss.
Philip Hofstetter, AuD, is the chief medical officer for Petersburg Medical Center, a critical access hospital in Southeast Alaska.

Audiology Today 32(2):p 14-23, March-April 2020.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR TELEHEALTH SOLUTIONS ARE EXPANDING AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES EMERGE AND CONSUMERS DRIVE THE MARKET. SMARTPHONE PERIPHERALS SUCH AS OTOSCOPES, HEARING TESTING, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, STETHOSCOPES, ULTRASOUND, AND REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING ARE HELPING TO ENABLE LESS VISIT-CENTRIC HEALTH CARE, BETTER CONTINUITY OF CARE, AND INCREASED COMMUNICATION WITH PATIENTS.